The Sun. — London, England, 1818-08-25 00:00:00

POLITICAL SKETCHES. (No V.) o f t.... That a man advanced in life should be placed at the head of the Church, may be supported with such unanswerable reasons, that the political one, so often (right not to lie t hought of. What is so consistent with propriety, shall nee , •r, with my consent, be set aside, because it may chime in with Ministerial Policy. However, the general ptinciple, which, I fear, has been too much considered lri the appoint ment to this high office, that it must be bestowed upon a man of moderate, or, at least, not of first-rate talents, hits rint 4 nor ever will meet with tity approbation. Is the Go- Vernment of the Church of so little consequence, that it 'Natters not who is to siiperintend its concerns ? Is It so easy tip direct, that the Meanest capacity is equal to the task ? 'Or is the situation so exalted, and the pre-eminence so great, that a person of extensive abilities should not be Offered to enjoy its powers ?—Neither of these reasons, all of which ei supposed to operate in this very consequential appoint tuent, is satisfactory to me.—Vor my own part, 1 should ever wish, for the honour of Religion, that the person the most eminent for learning, abilities; and piety, should succeed to that station ; *here these qualities are so eminently necessary for the fulfilling its important duties• - It grieves me much, and I feel the Uneasiness at my heart, when I behold, and I behold It indeed too often, that the principles of religion, and even what they who base no religion will call morality, son counter to the interests of the State. I could almost spurn a Minister who should propose to reject the vuost learned and proper person in the Kingdom to be an A- , . because he has too great abilities; or, that there is another, .who, by the appointment, will vacate a greater nUmher of interior benefices. And yet, such things have happened, and way agaiti happen, to my great distress. In less peaceftil and luxurious times, if they should arrive, or, at least, if I should live to see them, some endeavours might he exerted to regulate these matters in the Church,—if it should be impossible In the Military and Civil Depart ments ! ftir, surely, if there arc arty truth, hopes, or com. fats Its Christianity, or if the Church Establishment requires tut tqliscopal superintendence, they who are appointed to the thittge ought, for the sake of mankind, whose interests are so materially connected•with religion, to be such characters, as, by their learning, piety, and diligence, will extend its influence, and thereby render mankind happier and better. It might be said, that the necessities of State fiequently in terfere with' such an wholesome disposition of things ; and that, in spite of every other consideration, this must be obeyed : their e,pediency is asserted to be supreme ; if so,—l sigh over state-necessities. Indeed, in these days, iii the general opinion of politi cians, a Christian Is the most tidiculous Personage in the World, except a Christian Minister of State, if such a character could he found, or maintain his post in any Go vernment for six weeks*. It would really af f ord me the greatest satisfaction to see L— Palace at all times occu pied by the most able, pious, and learned Clergyman in the Xingdom, though he should be taken from the Curacy of a Country Parish. I wish to see the Archiepiscopal Parish the residence of eminent virtue and Christian hospitality, and hot dishonoured by any disgraceful accommodation to the Spirit of fashion, and the actual practice of fashionable di versious.t D— of D if the riches and good things of this world COhld giVe con- Sequence and happiness to man, this young D— must be sessed of both in a very eminent degree; the Monarch Lind the Beggar, With every intermediate station, feel the allot- Inent of their nature. There must be application to learn, judgment to determine, activity to exectfte, and integrity to superinttod. Without these, riches, power, and extensive in fluence, will more frequently lead to disgrace than to honour. I cannot conceive'a more respectable character than all in dependent Duke of 0— —: but his independence should be entire. If he suffers himself to be governed by a Party or Family connections, ha is, in fact, as dependent as if he held a place of the Crown Which he was afraid to lose. It has been frequently said, that there are certain Families who have a kind of hereditary right, as it were, to the re. gard of the Ti;; tine, as their ancestors were the principal means of establishing it on its present basis. This is one of them, I acknowledge, and one of the greatest; neverthe less, it has beei. al.nost in one continual opposition to the Measures of Government ever sine I succeeded to the cares of it. The various Inanehes of his Family may hate some claim to my respect, but none to my confidence : whatever their ancestors did to entail the former upon their de scendants, these have done nothing to secure the latter to t heinselves. * I am surprised at this observation, as it is well ktiovrh to all who frequent the early prayers at the Royal Chapel, with what, regularity the present Premier attends (a), and with what propriety he performs the sacred duties of the Sabbath. t This ninst be supposed to glance at the time of Arch bishop W-c do p Mrs. Card Assemblies call for this censure (a) These memoranda ate supposed to haVe been written abuut the year 1730. S.C. H ELENA. LContinued front YeAterday's SUN.] Longwood, 24th April, 1818. TO THE GOVERNOR. n,—When on the 12th April I was informed by Dr. O'Meara that he should discontinue the exercise of his func tions a‘ physician of the Emperor Napoleon, I hastened to send a message to Major Gorrequer, begging him to favour me with a call, having some communications to make to him of the very highest importance. I told this Officer that I had intended to apprise him of our great regret at Balcoinbe's house being deprived of sup pling the provisions ; that the journey of the principal of that house to London could not be a reason for depriving I,im of his business, since the service had been always per- I•olued by his partners, Messrs Fowler and Cole, and Mr. 14,lcombe had never directly interfered therewith ; but that the comninnication I had just received froln Doctor o•Meara was vastly more important, and that the Em p ror could not rest a single day without the aid of Doctor (,'Meara. The next day, the lnb, I had the honour to write you to the saute effect. I had hoped to have an answer in the course of that day, but this is the 24th, and I ant still without ao reply. Thus, for 12 days, has the Emperor been deprived sit :ill medical assistance. In the month of October he was 15 '.tillout•..teitig Dr. O'Meara, at the Lime you assumed the astonishing right of ithpoSing Upon him the obligation to isilic his bulletins only under tout dietatinn,withuutthir be ing first submitted to the Emperor, or the original heing left in his hands, Than, however, his disorder was in its infancy; now it has nuide sdme considerable prOgTess. Count Montho lon, who lodges in the same part of the building as the Em-, peror, informs me, that on thr loth, mid to-day, the 44th, he was awakened at two o'clock in the morning by the Em peror's valet de chambre, and remained% that Prince's bed side from two n'cloCk in the morning till five, witnessing the snffes ings he endured, and utterly unable to alleriate them. Your testrietiors upon Longwood, of the 10th April, hare thus ady had the saddest effect, I beg, therefore. to repeat my request, that you would re store Doctor O'Meara to the exercise of his functions, and dis continue to limo) , him, and make him feel the effects of such ill treatment, by removing the restrictions you, so contrary to what hake been in force for three years, have imposed upon him by your letter of the tOth April, to which he neither will nor can submit, without dishonouring himself. In short, Sir, whatever reasons yon ►nay be able to allege, reflect upon the consequences of continuing things in their ',ascot state, and of depriving the Emperor of the Physician of his choice, without having substituted another, conform able to my letter of the 13th April. It yon still persist in this line ►►f conduct, this arbitrary act will be 'duly appre ciated by Europe, by your own Country, and even by your Ministers. 1 hare the honour to be, &e. COUNT BERTRAND. To Lieut.-General Sir Hudson Lowe. Plantation Honse, April 25, 1818. Slit,—l am directed by Lieutenant-fieneral Sir Hodson Lowe to snake the following remarks on your letter to him of the 24th instant, received this day. His letter of the 22d, in ausiter to your's of the 13th, was transmitted to Longwood op the 24th, and delivered at your holl3e on the tame day Consequently your letter of the 24th, 14'hich dill not leave Longwood until this day, must have been dispatched after his letter of the 22d had arrived there. The manner of your addressing Major Gorrequer on the Ilth the Got•ernor has already noted; the particular expres sions you used he disdained, however, to repeat—they are foreign to English usage. If Mr. O'Meara discontinued his functions as a Medical Attendant on Napoleon Buonaparte, it was entirely without the Governor's hnOwledge or approbation. The copy of the Governor's decision on Mr. O'Meara's ap plication to resign, which you received yesterday, shows that he has nut been displaced from his functions, but that he is to continue to exercise them until relieved. Under these cir cumstances the Governor cousidet s medical attendance for every ordinary occasion as duly provided, and that in referring the application to England, due attention has been paid at the sante time to ,what is stated in your letter of the I.3th, as to the means of his re-placement.. The assertion that your letter contains, that the Governor attempted to impose such an obligation on Mr. O'Meara as that he should write Bulletins under his dic•tee, he directs me, most pointedly to contradict, upon whatever authority you ma leave made . In conclusion, I am directed by the Governor to acquaint you as . follows lst, That he \ will not henceforward receive any letter or communication whatsoever from any person in attendance upon Napoleon fluonapoite where the title of Emperor shall be given to him, and that if any such letter or communica tion be transmitted, it will be rrturited ; acting in this respeci, in sttiet conformity to the instruels,sll rmreyed in liar! Ba thurst's letter to hint, dated 17th of September, 1817, already counildhicated to you. 2dly, Referring to a letter addressed to Count Muntholon, dated 30th of August, IBiu, that he will not receive any letter or communication respecting the situation of Napoleon Bun.. napartc from any of the foreign persons in attendance upon him, unless it is distinctly espressed in the same that it is written by his.authority.—l have the honour to be, Sir, Your must obedient and most humble servant, (Sigurd) T. READE, Lieut.-Col. and Dep. Adjt.-General. To Lieut.-Gen. Count Bertrand, &c. &c. &c. Plantation House, 25th April, 1818. am directed by the Governor to desire you will ac quaint me for his information, Ist. How many times you have seen Napoleon Buonaparte since the 12th inst. and on what days ? 2d. If you have refused your medical aid to him on any oc casion since that day ? The above questions being of a very simple nature, it is desired you will send an immediate answer to them by the bearer. am, Sir, (Signed) 0 GORREQUER, Major. B. O'Meara, Esq. Act. Mil. Sec. ANSWER. Longwood, ibtb, April, 1818. have the honour to reply, in an.wer your ques tions, that I did not see Napoleon Buonaparte 0;; the 130. On the I 4th, at about mid-day, lie sent for me to come to hi; room, but without his entering into medical subjects. 1 re mained with him about a quarter of an hour, and the follow ing conversation took place :—I asked him how he was in health ? and, according to my general custom, attempted to take his arm, in order to feel his pulse ; he, however, drew buck his hand, and, without answering my question, said, Well, Doctor, you are going to quit us; the world will scarcely conceive that la Cachet d'attcatin at my Physician has been put in practice. You have no longer the independence necessary to render your assistance useful to me. I am obliged to you for your care. Quit this abode of darkness and of crime as soon as you can. I will expire on a grahat,' gnawed (range) by disease, and without any assistance." Ile then took me by the hand, which he squee2ed, and appeared to experience a considerable emotion. I took advantage of this to inquire again how his health was. Ile replied by sending me away, saying, Farewell, Doctor, for ever." iitite that. period he has not tent again for me, and I have not since spoken to him. I have judged that the most explanatory answer I could give you, %you'd he a detail of the conversation which oc curred, and which 1 took down on leavin4 the room, as it will put you in toll possession of the state of his mind, which I conceived would he agreeable. If I have not judged right, I beg of you to suppress what I have related. I have continued my usual medical ditties with General Bertrand and Muntholon's families, and with the domestics. I remain, Sir, k!,:c. t';c BALMY E. O'MEARA, Surgeon. To Major Gorrequer, Act. Mil. Sec. (Tra,,,ilation.) Longwood, April 4G, 18 18, Nine in the Evening. M. LE Co EONEu litre the honour to send you a letter which one, of your othcers has wtittcn !Le, ;tI.IA: wLich THE SUN. SOLEM QUI.% DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1818. We received this morning three days' Paris Papers, to Saturday last inclusive. The follow- ing are extracts : " PARIS, Auo. 22.—The King yesterday trans acted business with the Duke de Richelieu. " The Duke de la Chatre has resigned his office in the Royal Household. He will be sut ceedcd by the Duke de Diiras. • " Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg arrived on the 16th at Calais, from Dover, in the Royal So vereign yacht, at one in the afternoon, and set out the same evening at five, to proceed to Ger many. " Yesterday the Count DecaZes had the honour of presenting the Countess his wife to his Ma jesty. " The Duke of Wellington arrived at Paris on Thursday evening, at eight o'clock,. His Grace yesterday received visits from the Duke de Riche lieu, the Russian Ambassador, and the Tuscan Minister. His Majesty on Thursday granted n privee audience to the Countess of Gothland (Queen of Sweden). General Cannel underwent another interro gatory on Wednesday, at the termination of which, in the evening, the rnandat for his imprisonment au secret WHS annulled. " M. M. de Songis and 7ozunis were also again interrogated on Wednesday, and were sit :: di. allowed a free communication with their fr ie d de " The Count es s e s of St. Mery an d 0611 chard have appealed against their senteu ce. , et' ' The Duke of Icincester, who As 0 tte pected at Toulouse on , e .12th, wi ll I° o \ rive there till soinc d s afterward., to Royal highness being' desirous of vis itiii° Pyrenees, has taken the route by Barn ne. riot " The last accounts from Stockholm so le ' v the King of Sweden had been for som e 114190i4, disposed. His Majesty had, ho'vtever, reccico, and was to set out fur Norway the 2(1 ot 3111 . , the " The Prince de Talleyrand is expected °loco 26th at Us estate of Valencay, on his return the waters of Bareges. . , IP FIVE PER CENTS. 7 9 " Oct Wednesday **** •.• ** .. i. 1 79' spg. Thursday .ir Friday t9i• .. Loan Certificates 1 8 8 : 7 8 1.,v R: sci E fi i. D es7d s oa T cy o ... 7 ,Bl,Bl,fti.rs6doacy.....6 r os ri fi t! ,Ao i, Of the 22d Mdreh l , ' 22d Sept. 1817, 86 1. 70 c..... 66 f. 60 c . 84 f,IN • 926 March, 1818, 84 f. 70 c..... 84 f. 50 4" " MADRID, AUGUST 9. 1 1 ,d ' NOTE TRANSMITTED ON THE 12TH JUNE —45 1, THE CABINET OF MADRID TO THE RI" h : l l. r POWERS, RELATIVE TO THE SITUATOr SOUTH AMERICA. if ntt , ' Since'the period when melancholy ere- 0 a natural consequence, commit, leafed to SP, i ie America the germ of Revolution, an d eau- stu i f ot plorable efforts to be openly made tor the Pei of separating the subjects of that terriM their legitimate Monarch, his Catholic Prop has invariably regulated his conduct by the lowing principles : ▪ Ist. 'To employ every means depending' t ht human wisdom, to lead back the deluded',niri paths of order and obedience, for i using r that 0 d pose as much mildness and as litt le rie possible. .00 1 • 2d. To seek in diplomatic relations r .00o f means of attaining this object. The reoldt!eldit affranchisernent of South America, or I t ' oio t i i under legitimate dominion, p r esent, i n P policy, considerations of such t h at, on n:0 0 4 eyes of Europe ought to be fixed up tore which may lead to a new order of " its political and commercial relations. ro e • The united efforts of the principal 0 10 01 Powers have already annihilated that d ill e / system which gave birth to the America" It 4 01 4 tion, but it still remains for them (`) P a tl ' o c t this system in America itself, uhere its cP of the most serious nature. t si • His Catholic Majesty never having Ps'-jOelk of the two principles above stated , "'I be ways animated by the desire of P" ttieig's d e' al ; to the effusion of blood, and t ° i i h -4 c or A vastations which are the deplo" bi h e 01 quences of a war of this natu re ' :wet waited for an opportunity of calling the • vib ich a of the high Allied Powers to an obi° Ire f ores 0 several times formed the su bject (/' t off have been transmitted to them, sn d rec 0 itS a negociations carried on in so amicat/.leLeeg with his Royal Highness the Prince Great Britain. rn .d. • The insurrection of Pernambne° Ms , to deep impression upon his Catholic bes and at the moment when *be writsboO°:, recommend this event to the attention 0 ' t or reigns, his Allies, it was also necessar y tigintecitit strate its direct relations with the goer° attic • It has been with the greatest sati gr o a f `' h o 1 14- ( his Majesty has received the answers to ttio Allies. They open a way for very iwp o fo rei ° . ciations, and may lead the P O WCIS tuli flte bi r vi cb P d ° unfortunate state of circumstances In '` 11 t he , rica is placed, in order to empini h brit": that prudence and vigour suggest t° d o, subjection the revolted Provinces, stnedgisotis4l:l to the immorality and political con from such a state of affairs. z at th eF. la ordeeromtomgeti:eteede,ffect to the u r— op ioi g. that the moment is arrivehdisvtl‘' so happily 100 10 to make known, in a categorical and so ciiich ,I LI her, to his high Allies, the prio ei P les t he IV Y o perat e ' xi ," has prescribed to himself, to which he proposes, and such ms "" i bt b e c ,;4) ed from his sentiments of litimaniti. 0 ' l c Referring therefore to the °vertu : de l le he has already made, his AiajestY 1)° : 0 4'0 ) .)aejtel shtey i i s s C h 6 f oc 4 i,t,...,p:r i , that the following are the p o ints "P" Oil has inflexibly determined :-- the l itgla Ist. A General Amnesty for leer i :i n immediate ly v32itsidil.pc.eaA3l di maffir ii t,sss.i upon o 1. : theirr Anil su ln c t i i c s:i n ° : . ; i . spr o i i t t: b o ar o' dowments, to a ll offices i n 000 0 " h e' f t' h R egu lationsFoi Foreign the CD t c c : , r 1 0 0 0 0 : e l l e c Odt to 01:11";13 ixper ill' principles of freedom, and eo"l°ll°Oatittie3 II present political situation of th ese c f l 3 at ° of Enrope, the her° 4th. A sincere disposition) - I received half an hour ago. The Emperor will not take tog• nizance of it. You alone are charged with the execution of the restrictions ►which the Bill of the 11th of April authorizes your Government to impose, and he dues not recognize the authority of delegating your power. I was going to send you `my answer to your letter of the 21st, and which I received only on the 24th, at seven in the evening. I shall puspend it until you let me know whether you desire it. `Mime I cannot forbear informing you, that new, on the 2Gth, that is' to say for fourteen days, the Emperor is without medical as sistance. These are the very words which this Prince addressed to Dr. O'Meara, when that physician came to take leave of him They (I,n) hare had the baseness to make attempts on my physician. You have no longer the independence necessary to render your assistance useful." If, therefore, it be true, as you say, that you do not wish to deprive him of his physi cian, restore to the latter his rights and his characters until the answer of your Government be received. have the honour to be, M. le Gouverneur, Your very bumble and very obedient Servant, (Signed) The COUNT BEItTRAND. To Lieut.-General Sir Hudson Lowe. Longwood, April 27, 1818, Noon. M. LE GOUVERNEUR,.--I have the honour to request you to forward to Lord Liverpool:the original packet hereto an tivaed—nty letters of the 18th, 24th, and 26th ut April, and the present of the 27th. To avoid every ridiculous scene, it is needless for you to address any letter for the Emperor if it be not in the form accustomed during three years. This Prince will admit of no innovation, nor depart in any thing from the Veda quo. I cannot prevent myself from informing you, that the let ters .svhich I received at one in the morning I.could not com* municate till ten, the liniperor basing suffered extremely during the night. Since this letter, Sir, is the last which I shall have to write to you respecting the affairs of the Em peror, however urgent circumstances may hereafter become, permit me to lead you t t b reflect for your interest, that of your children and your nation, on the opprobrium with which so many generations have covered the names of Maltravers and Gournay. I have the honour to be, Monsieur Le Gouverneur, Your very bumble and very obedient servant, (Signed) The COUNT BERTRAND. Tu Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe, &c. &c. &c. Plantation House, May 1, 1818. Snt,--The Governor, who does not precisely understand the meaning of the insinuations attempted to be conveyed in the sixth and seventh paragraphs of your letter to him of the 19th of April, desires you will acquaint me for his information, in what instances you were required, as you say, to act in a manner which you conceived dishonourable to you, as stated in the sixth paragraph; and what were the verbal insinua tions you did not choose to comply with, as mentioned at the close of the lith one The plain fact of the acts you state to have been required of you, and of the verbal insinuations you refused compliance with, being all that is required of you, the Governor expects your answer without delay ;—anv circumstance upon which you may have before addressed bill), will be considered as irreletant. I am, Sir, &c. &c. &c. (Signed) G. GORREQUER, Major. B. O'Meara, tut. Act. Mil. Sec. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Perforated Last Night. 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